Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2021, Portugal's population change decreased by 6.2% compared to 2020, reaching 7.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.2.

Portugal ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.5% (from 8.4 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.